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"People Like Me" Awarded Best Short by American Anthropology Association's Film Festival
In Mong Kok First Aid, filmmaker Mavis Siu Documents Experiences of Voluntary Frontline First Aiders in 2014 street protests
Juan Mejia's Film Now Out on iTunes
Class of
2007
SocDoc Alum Melinda James Spotlighted For Approach To Cinematography Language
Class of
2012
SocDoc Alumni showcase their work at the Margaret Mead Festival in NYC
Article on SocDoc Alumnus in Diplomat Magazine
Two Alumni (SocDoc '15) featured at the prestigious Margaret Mead Film Festival in NYC
Class of
2015
Juan Dávila (SocDoc '15) lands fellowship at Democracy Now!
Class of
2015
New Book by Rian Dundon (SocDoc '12)
Class of
2012
TIME feature of Rian Dundon (SocDoc '12)
Class of
2012
Justice for My Sister Launches 16 Days of Activism
Class of
2009
Symposium Focused on Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement
Class of
2008
Comrade Sunshine Screening in New York
Class of
2013
Rian Dundon's (SocDoc '12) New Book: Out Here, Vol. 1
Class of
2012
Ghosts of March 21 by Sam Stoker (SocDoc '13) at Bay Area Film Festivals
Class of
2013
Ovarian Psycos by SocDoc Alums Receives ITVS & Cal Humanities Support
Class of
2012
Comrade Sunshine Screened at Independent Mzansi Short Film Festival
Class of
2013
Rian Dundon's (SocDoc '12) Work Featured in Boom: A Journal of California
Class of
2012
Our Right to Sing as a fundraiser for Enriching Lives Through Music
Class of
2010
Lena Jackson (Soc Doc '14) Wins Art Division Dean's Award at the 2014 Graduate Research Symposium
Class of
2014
FIXED by Regan Brashear (SocDoc '08) Screened at Reel Work Film Festival on May Day
Class of
2008
SocDoc Alums at Watsonville Film Festival
Class of
2013
Rian Dundon (SocDoc '12) Photo Exhibit in Oakland
Class of
2012
Tad Nakamura's (SocDoc '08) Jake Shimabukuro: A Life on Four Strings wins Audience Award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards
Class of
2008
Justice for My Sister, by Kimberly Bautista (SocDoc '09) Wins Jury Prize at Icaro Film Festival
Class of
2009
East Bay Premiere of FIXED by Regan Brashear (SocDoc '08) - 12/5/13
Class of
2008
Meredith Heil (SocDoc '11) at THIRTEEN WNET New York
Class of
2011
Growing People and Vida Diferida by SocDoc '13 Graduates Screening at the Santa Cruz Film Festival
Class of
2013
Kimberly Bautista (SocDoc '09) Interviewed on CNN Latino's "Sin Limites con Elizabeth Espinosa"
Class of
2009
Growing People, by Dana Forsberg (SocDoc '13) Screening at the Hawaii International Film Festival
Class of
2013
Fixed, by Regan Brashear (SocDoc '08), and Laal Pari, by Sadia Halima (SocDoc '13) at UNAFF
Class of
2013
The Infamous T, by Melissa Koch (SocDoc '12), at the Margaret Mead Film Festival
Class of
2012
Justice for My Sister, by Kimberly Bautista (SocDoc '09) wins Best Documentary & Starts Violence Prevention Campaign
Class of
2009
Comrade Sunshine by Cameron Granadino (SocDoc '13) Wins Best Documentary
Class of
2013
Article by Tad Nakamura (SocDoc '08) at From the VC Vault
Class of
2008
Sistagraphy founded by Shelia Turner (SocDoc '08) Celebrates 20 years of Photography
Class of
2008
Comrade Sunshine by Cameron Granadino (SocDoc '13) Receives Accolade Competition Award and ITVFest Selection
Class of
2013
Food, Farms, and Family - SocDoc at the Springfield Grange
Class of
2013
"The Toll of Syria's War" by Bridgette Auger (SocDoc '11) at CBS News
Class of
2011
Kimberly Bautista (SocDoc '09) at United Nations Panel on Violence Against Women
Class of
2009
Meredith Heil (SocDoc '11) Hired at Women Make Movies
Class of
2011
May 10th Broadcast of JAKE SHIMABUKURO: LIFE ON FOUR STRINGS by Tad Nakamura (SocDoc 0'08)
Class of
2008
Justice for My Sister, by Kimberly Bautista (SocDoc '09), Wins Jury Prize
Class of
2009
Changsha by Rian Dundon (SocDoc '12) reviewed in Mother Jones
Class of
2012
Zac Buck (SocDoc '12) & Melinda James (SocDoc '12) at Food & Farm Film Fest in San Francisco
Class of
2012
Justice for My Sister, by Kimberly Bautista (SocDoc '09), Screening in Holland
Class of
2009
Regan Brashear (SocDoc '08) Invited to Visiting Artist Residency at ASU
Class of
2008
Bridgette Auger (SocDoc '11) Investigates- Sexual Assault in Tahrir Square: Women after the Egyptian Revolution
Class of
2011
"The Unique Ladies" - World Premiere at San Antonio's CineFestival
Class of
2010
Melinda James (SocDoc '12) Receives Masterminds Grant
Class of
2012
SocDoc Alum New Short at SOMarts San Francisco
Class of
2010
Melissa Koch (SocDoc '12) Receives Frameline Completion Fund Grant
Class of
2012
"Ovarian Psycos" on Kickstarter
Class of
2012
SocDoc Alum Selected for ITVS Diversity Development Fund
Class of
2011
SocDoc Alum Talk and Booksigning in San Francisco Friday Dec. 14th
Class of
2012
SocDoc Alum Working for StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative
Class of
2007
SocDoc Alum, Kimberly Bautista, wins 2012 HBO/NALIP Documentary Filmmaker Award
Class of
2009
Whistlin' Dixie Wins Honorable Mention at aGLIFF
Class of
2011
Bridgette Auger Awarded 2012 Tiereny Fellowship
Class of
2011
"Our Right to Sing," by SocDoc Alum, at San Francisco State University
Class of
2010
SocDoc Alum's Jake Shimabukuro Documentary at Pacific Rim Film Festival
Class of
2008
Screening of The Unique Ladies by SocDoc Alum Friday Oct 19th
Class of
2010
We're All Meant to Be Queens at San Francisco Latino Film Festival
Class of
2012
Premeire of Justice for My Sister, by SocDoc Alum- Kimberly Bautista
Class of
2009
Justice For My Sister accepted to Cine Mas Film Festival and Women Make Waves Film Festival
Class of
2009
The Unique Ladies on Kickstarter
Class of
2010
POR FIN PARIÓ PAULA wins weekly Reel 13 Online Film Contest
Class of
2009
Rian Dundon's Changsha in the News
Class of
2012
Our Right to Sing - Free Screening in San Francisco
Class of
2010
Whistlin’ Dixie Screens at Frameline36
Class of
2011
Tad Nakamura's Life on Four Strings -The Jake Shimabukuro Documentary at SFIAAFF
Class of
2008
Bridgette Auger's "Libya: Daily Life After Qaddafi" in Christian Science Monitor
Class of
2011
Read about alum Bridgette Auger in Cairo in the Santa Cruz Sentinel
Class of
2011
"Abrir la puerta para ir a jugar: Serious play in documentary art interventions"
Class of
2007
Bridgette Auger, Soc Doc '11, is reporting from Tahrir Square
Class of
2011
"Our Right to Sing" Screens at UCLA's First Central American Film Festival
Class of
2010
